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Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March 6, 1953
DOROTHY THOMPSON COMES TO SALEM
Dorothy Thompson, the famous writer on international
affairs, brought her 24 carat brain to Salem last night,
lor the edification of an audience that reuectea creou upon
local interest in the subject
Miss Thompson was devastating in her analysis of Amer
ican foreign policy during the last decade, ana we ininn
her points were amply supported by the record, but she
was much less effective the one time she sought to suggest
an affirmative future policy, in response to a question from
The speaker assailed the allies' "unconditional surrender"
policy, and this writer recalls that sne am so lmmeuiaieiy
after it was announced, when its folly was much less obvious
than it is now, more than a decade later.
She made the point then that we can't actually destroy
our enemies in war. We must live witn mem aiierwaru
In fact, they're probably our future allies, whom we'll need,
Therefore we must fight for limited objectives, not unlim-
fori nnpfl.
Japan would have stopped fighting on a basis more bene
ficial to the U.S. than the unconditional surrender we al
most got finally, before the "A bombs were dropped on
her cities. Russia could have been kept out of Korea and
China and Japan, not the U.S. would have done the job, she
pointed out
Miss Thompson believes the allies could have secured
Hitler's overthrow and a peace with Germany that would
have kept Russia out of Central Europe as early as 1943,
had it not been for the crazy "unconditional surrender"
slogan, which seems to have emanated from the fertile
brain of F.D.R. At least Churchill vigorously denies any
Dart in its authorship.
The noted pundit insists that there will be no "one world"
in the foreseeable future. She would limit American com
mitments. She does not believe Russia is likely to invade
Western Europe nor that that region can carry the arma
ment burden the U.S. wants it to assume.
But when Miss Thompson was asked how and when the
U.S. is to get out of Korea all she could suggest was an at
tempt to negotiate an agreement with Russia and China to
neutralize Korea as Switzerland is neutralized In Europe.
She thought they would be interested. So do we in such
a treaty which would result in-the U.N. forces leaving
the country. Whereupon the Reds would occupy it as they
sought to do in 1950, and we would have lost everything
we have fought for. Whatever the answer to the Korean
riddle may be, it has got to be a lot better than that.
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Hammer and Sickle Falls From
Most Powerful Man in World
By HAL lOCrLE
VAN FLEET ON KOREAN WAR
In his report on Korea to congress General Van Fleet
paid a fine tribute to the Koreans, both South and North,
"We have no corner in America on aptitude or bravery,"
he said. "The Oriental has these qualities." The Japanese
proved that In World War II with their fanatical suicide
squads, as the Red Chinese along with the Koreans have in
the Korean struggle. . -
Van Fleet said the South Koreans, even the women, are
ready and willing to fight for their freedom and the North
Koreans, in his opinion, would join the South Koreans
against the communists except for the fact that "they have
a gun at their back."
Van Fleet continued the Korean was "a cheaper man
to maintain," because he was on the spot and did not re
quire transportation. His pay is about 10 cents a month
with no allowances, no insurance, and no home leaves
and "he's a superb soldier."
Then Van Fleet said with great feeling: "Here are only
two things this South Korean nation has, manpower and a
willingness to fight for freedom. They have nothing else
except their morale. It s a destroyed country."
The former Eighth army commander said that the re.
placement of American units must be gradual and the
American army is running short of replacements. But
the on-the-spot training of the ROK gives the South Korean
soldiers a "better basic training than our own boys in
America receive." American units are "under strength
and short on junior leaders and the skills it takes.
In Van Fleet's opinion the United Nations forces can win
a military victory in Korea without enlarging the conflict
into a world war and victory is the only way the deadlocks
can be settled.
New York ( The hammer
and sickle have fallen from the
hands of Joseph Stalin,
The "mat comrade" has
come to twilight on bis long,
bloody road to power,
It is superb irony that this
man whose words arid actioni
frightened more people than
any other man in history should
end a helpless paralytic ... un
able to move or ask for a drink
of water ... A complete prison
er of a small group of men in
whom he held no final trust.
What terror must seethe in
his darkened brain as strange
hhadowy figures probe his
numbing body in Moscow's om
cial medical Inquisition! . . .
What panic in his mind as his
thickened tongue refuses to say
what he wants it to sayl . . .
Maybe he wants to give an or
der . . . Won't anybody . . . can't
anybody hear him? . . . Maybe
it isn't an order at all . . . Maybe
the great mar shall doesn't want
to talk about a battle plan . . .
or purge a satellite country . . .
Perhaps at last he wants to
mumble a prayer ... Or to ask
what day it is ... Or maybe
his memory wanders in the lost
fields of yesteryear and he is
inquiring for Lenin ... or Trot
sky . . . the dead friends of his
dead youth ... ,
Whatever he wants to say, it
no longer makes any difference.
. . . He shares in solitude the
fate he inflicted on millions of
other human beings . . . Now
he, too, is a slave . . . And, like
all the others, death is for him
the only way out ...
At this writing the Moscow
government reports him still
alive. But, true or false, it makes
no real difference. Dead or alive,
Comrade Stalin' is ' again a
stranger to power.
No other figure in the human
race ever held such power
800,000,000 people under his di
rect sway . . . some 1,400,000,'
000 others worried or afraid of
how he would move next.
Stalin took over as a dictator
where Adolf Hitler left off
He knew no real peace since
boyhood . . . always fighting,
plotting, scheming for the death
of others . . .- And what does all
his vast empire come down tot
A fight for ust one more
breath . . . and then another
What are the Ukraine and Po
land to him now , . . Manchuria
or Korea?
His arch enemy, the pope at
Rome, prayi for his conversion.
Millions of others around
theiworld, leu pious, would pre
fer to ring church bells over
his death. Many In hit own
country probably feel that way,
too.
It! is a measure of the schism
that Joe Stalin created in the
world that in free countries
people even took his own gov
ernment's announcement of his
Ubieu in disbelief,
"fie must already be head.
and they are Just getting ready
to prepare the Russian people
for the news," is the way many
Amenlcans expressed it. The
feeUatt was that the death of
Stalin, like any other event in
Soviett Russia, would be pre
cede by a big propaganda
bulldtip.
The government announce
ment calculated to allay suspi
cions that Comrade Stalin was
the victim of a secret purge plot,
as were so many of those around
him over the long years.
The announcement spoke of
"medical forces enlisted," but the
doctors assigned this unhappy
task might better be described
as "drafted." What physician in
Russia "wants to be known as
the one who pronounced Com
rade Stalin dead? Such an honor
certainly ii no passport to a
Canadian Surgeon Says
Stalin Already Dead
Montreal, 0P A leading Can
adian neuro-surgeon, who ask
ed not to be identified, said to
day if descriptions of the brain
hemmorrhage suffered Sunday
night by Stalin are correct, the
73-year-old Soviet dictator has
been dead at least 36 hours.
"Paralysis of the right side
of the body, inability to talk, un
consciousness and an Irregular
breathing rythm the descrip
tion of Stalin's condition after
he suffered the stroke combine
to give an accurate picture of a
severe hemmorrhage of the
brain," he said in an Interview
tonight.
"No one in the condition de
scribed has more than a day,
or two at the most, to live."
future rich, free llfe
it was also proclaimed offi
cially that the treatment of the
stricken Premier is "under the
constant supervision" of the
Central Committee of the Com
munist Party. Wouldn't it seem
odd in America if President Els
enhower fell ill, and the White
'House announced:
"The President is being treat
ed under the constant supervi
sion of the Republican National
Committee."
WeU, it took Joseph Stalin 7S
years to make his bed. Now he
lies in it, dead or probably dying,
as the rest of the world, already
willing to forget him, wonders
who will pick up his hammer
and sickle now in the plot
against peace.
STALIN'S STROKE FORCES SLOWDOWN
The fatal illness of Josef Stalin will vitally affect the
major plans of the Eisenhower administration. Defense,
taxes and economy policies are all affected.
The stroke that paralyzed the Russian dictator came as
the republicans were slashing the funds for national de
fense and foreign aid, and will necessarily be affected by
developments in tne Kremlin.
Until Stalin's successor is known and his Intentions un
derstood there must necessarily bo a slowdown in cutting
spending designed to resist communism.
Only friendly gestures from the Kremlin could speed the
economy effort in defense costs, and react in lowering taxa
tion. And deeds rather than words must emphasize any
reversal of the policies of aggression.
So a wait and Bee policy for national safety must be fol
lowed until the new communist policy is apparent
Unless the uncertainty in Moscow is cleared up one way
or the other, it is likely that congress will not attempt to
wind up its 1953 business by the end of July. A special ses
sion in ucwDer wouia oe proDaoie at which the world sit
uation and the temperature in the Kremlin could be con
sidered in a final vote on a tax cut
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WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
House Rules and Ways, Means
Chairmen in Tax Cut Tangle
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Washington Congressman
Leo Allen of Illinois, republican,
is one of the best-natured mem
bers of congress, but the spunky
chairman of the House Rules
Committee can slug it out when
the occasion requires. .
Meeting tax-cutting congress
man Dan Reed of New York the
other day, he let bis follow re
publican know In no uncertain
terms that he was going to con
tinue blocking Reed's tax bill
When Reed testily demanded
that Allen report his blU out of
committee for a vote by the full
house, Allen replied:
"My committee will be guided
by the leadership of the house
Speaker Joe Martin."
"All right," blazed back Reed,
then we'll force my bill out of
your committee."
"We'll see about that," Allen
retorted, coolly. "We'll see about
that."
Allen's stand took real eour.
age because Dan Reed is not
only chairman of the House
Ways and Means committee, but
also rules on the membership of
all House committees. As such.
he can make it tough 'for those
who tangle with him when it
comes to parceling out prize
posts on important committees.
However, Allen has a few
weapons of his own. One is the
firm conviction that he was
right and that political parties.
like individuals, should keep
their promises. Two, he hss the
strong moral support of Speaker
Joe Martin; and three, the back
ing of President Eisenhower,
who wants to balance the bud
get before cutting taxes.
SENATE 8ECRECY
Gaunt, gray Bernie Baruch,
who has battled against infla
tion during two world wars, is
now battling against senate se
crecy. His scorching telegram to
Senator Capehart of Indiana
against secret sessions, however,
did little good.
'How can the people who
fight and die, suffer and pay,
pass any judgment if they are
left unaware of what and why
legislation is passed?" elder
statesman ' Baruch wired the
committee chairman, who's con
sidering price-wage controls.
Immediately following Bar-
uch's telegram, Capehart's com
mittee held another session
which was so secret that no min
utes were taken and atven com
mittee staff was barred.
Afterward, with no written
record to keep them , straight,
senators seemed completely
contused as to what bad hap
pened. Senator Capehart said
that Defense Secretary Wilson
was "hopeful" of a cut in mili
tary costs; but Senator Robert
son of Virginia indicated that
Wilson said just the opposite, i
Senator Maybank of South
Carolina said Secretary of Com
merce 'Weeks favored some sort
of price-wage freeze power in
case of emergency; but Senator
Brlcker of Ohio said Weeks
seemed just the opposite.
However, believing the Amer
ican people are entitled to know
the facts, this column can re
port the accurate highlights of
what happened at this secret
session:
1.' Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey stated flatly that the
actual cost of operating the gov
ernment cannot be cut this year.
uuu might be made in some
nonoperatlng categories, Hum
phrey said. . . . He's been look
ing over the veterans budget for
possible cuts. . . . Heaviest cuts
would have to be made In for
eign aid and defense.
2. Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson disagreed
about cutting the defense bud.
get, didn't see how any big cuts
could be made this year, said he
PEARSON
hoped to reduce the defense
budget by five billions in the
fiscal year 193S. . . . Instead of
cutting the budget now, Wilson
said, he'd actually stepped up
spending en several items, such
as airplane engines.
"Do you think the govern
ment can be run like big busi
ness?" asked Senator Irving
Ives of New York.
"No," replied the man who
once said what's good for Gen
eral Motors is good for the
United States, "there are too
many sacred cows."
I. Secretary of Commerce
Weeks emphasized that govern
ment should get out of all busi
ness, such as synthetic rubber
and smelting tin.
All three cabinet officers
sgreed they didn't want to
keep stand-by machinery for
controlling price - wages, did
want stand-by authority for a
straight, 60-day freeze in case
of emergency. This would give
congress time to enact new con
trols legislation.
Not a word was spoken dur
ing this highly secret hearing
that affected the national se
curity. Yet senators even barred
clerks and stenographers.
SHRIMPS VS. OIL
Texas and Florida congress
men aren't happy about having
It publicized, but the Tidelands
Oil law is going to boomerang
against the shrimp industry of
their states. It's going to make
it almost 'impossible for Texas,
Louisiana and Florida shrimp
boats to fish off the Mexican
coast.
What's happened Is that Mex
ico hitherto has claimed that
she controlled Gulf of Mexico
waters nine miles out to sea
and would not let Florida, Texas
and Louisiana shrimp boats
fish inside. The United States,
however, refused to recognize
Mexico's nine-mile limit, insist
ed the limit was three miles.
But now Texas, Florida and
Louisiana congressmen propose
extending the limit 10 tt miles
for Texas and Florida. This au
tomatically strengthens Mexi
co's hand and removes any ar
gument about seizing shrimp
boats inside the nine-mile lim
it. Mexico can now maintain
that her nine-mile limit is less
than the new tidelands limit.
Note There are about 300
American shrimpers operating
in what Mexico claims to be her
waters. Four Texas shrimp
boats were seized and their crews
arrested only last week.
CAPITOL NEWS CAPSULES
Military Padding Senator
Long of Louisiana has accused
the Pentagon of padding its
public works budget as insur
ance against congressional cuts.
. . Long charged behind closed
doors that the defense depart
ment has been trying to outfox
congress by asking more money
than it needs for public works
so the military will still have
plenty of money in case con
gress cuts. . . . The policy, Long
claims, has been dictated by
the White House.
Navy vs. Air Force The
Navy is preparing to reopen, its
feud with the air force over
long-range bombers. This time
the navy won't attack the B-36.
but will concentrate on the air
force's long-range jet bomber.
the B-47. Already the navy has
planted stories with reporters
that the B-47 can't drop the
atomic bomb. To disprove -this,
the air force .will deliberately
use a B-47 to drop an atomic
bomb during the .Nevada tests
this month.
(Caprrliht. 1HI)
The highest peak in Ensland
Is Ben Nevis in Scotland 4,406
feet
Salem 34 Years Ag$
ly IIH MAXWELL I
March (, Ml j
Fuceral services for GovaJ
nor James Wlthycombe will b
held tomorrow afternoon fro in;
tne rim aaeinoaist church.
Rev. R. N. Avison will conduct'
the service, Wallace McCanuuttJ
appointed to the supreme court
by Governor Wlthycombe, will!
deliver the eulogy.
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President Wilson, on his way
to the peace conference, is ,t
sea aboard the transport. Gen.
eralyWtshlngton. He has an-'
nounted his determination to
fight's finish fight with re
publican senators opposed ta
the League of Nations covea.
ant
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Marion county advocates 4
good roads stress economy pav.
ing market roads intersecting
with major highways by county
plants for $12,500 a milt. . .,
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A Capital Journal editorial
proclaims that the public will
be pleased to know that iweu. .
ma tic truck tires on vehicles '
operating experimentally over
midwert route may soon come
into common use and replica
the solid type now standard
truck equipment.
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Hem-) Ford is reported ready
to launch a new automobile en.,
terprise concerned with minu."
facture of a less expensive car
than the. present, well knows,
model T.
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Mrs. F. A. Elliott in charft
of the sewing department for'
the Red Cross and Mrs. Russell'
Catlln, head of the knitting de
partment, will leave tomorrow'
for Seattle to attend a Red'
Cross meeting that will con-,'
aider msklng garments for ret- '
ugees. '
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Mayor C. E. Albln has pro-'
claimed today as "Tri-color
Day" lr Salem. A French band'
of war veterans will give a
concert at the armory this eve
ning and all admissions paid:
will be donated to war mothers
for the entertainment fund de
voted to Company M boys re-:
turning home from Europe.
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Salem has had rainfall every
day for the past 30 dsys, a
total of 9.88 Inches.
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The babv left in the hau.-
ment of Salem Public library'
last Thursday is doing nicely
at Willamette sanltorlum. No
official action haa vt Vimii
taken upon applications for
adoption, a prerogative of the
county court.
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Salem Elks have announced
"Officer 666" aa their annual
Play for IBIS. Mavnr C HA
Albin has the role of Captain,
stone, one of the best comedy
parts in the play. Others la
the cast are: Georse C. L. Snv.'
der, Miss Olga Gray, Oscar B.
Uingricn, Miss Florence Cart
wriibt. Jsmes Mott. M. Wat.:
ter Spauldlng. Ben W. Olcott
Carl Hinges. E. Cooke Pstton,
Bunny Melrlng, A. L. Fraser
and Dan Langenberg.
Medics Give Stalin
Under 1 Pet. Chance
New York, VP) Competent
medical sources in New York
early today gave Russian Pre
mier Joseph V. Stalin "little or
no chance of recovery" on the
basis of Moscow's latest medical
bulletin.
These medical sources, who
asked not to be identified by
name, said, however, that Stal
in "could stay on for several
days but his chances for re
covery are less than a fraction
of 1 per cent."
Moslems ban the use of pic
tures in religious decoration.
Educational TV Wanted Now
Supporters of educational tele
vision aren't satisfied to have a
two-year study of the question.
They want educational TV now.
. The House Education Commit
tee heard arguments Wednesday
sight on the question, and the
proposal for an interim commit
Lu4 atiKtv. aa advnrtiit-ri v,
mill" " - "j
Gov. PW I" Pstterson drew lit
tle support .
Sen. IWDrri a, nuimc, jear-
bart, manager of Astoria station
IKAST, urged an Immediate start
in eaucauonal TV, sponsored by
the State Board of Hla-hvr r.rf...
Cation. He said tha atat mloM
not get any channels unless It
cu soon.
Holmes and othar iKn..
urged passage of a bill to appro
priate aoout (800,000 to let the
State Board of Hiihr-r F.flnr.tlnn
operate two transmitters one
in fortland and one near Cor
sills and Eugene.
DECAUSE:
I have seen bow bank savings help many people daring rime
of rllness. Bank 'savings provide the necessary living expenses
during these emergency periods. Too, I appreciate the con
venience of all day banking, permitting me to bank any rime
10 to 5 SIX DAYS A WEEK, including Saturday.
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